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Brownies

Brownies are a quintessentially American dessert. They’re not particularly beautiful: the top always cracks, the sides often crumble. They look very homemade. Er, rustic. But then you taste. A bite of the chewy chocolate cake and the brownie becomes worth further consideration.

The name ‘brownie’ is thought to be based on the color, and the mythical pixie-like figures common in children’s stories around the time of the dessert’s invention in the late 19th century.